An Appetizing Approach to Learning Math Skills! ** 147 Colorful Google Classroom Slides & 600 Real-life Scenario Math Word Problems & Computation Activities! ** From burgers to burritos, nearly everything you might order from a fast food restaurant can be found on the four colorful menus and hands-on math activities included in these practical Google Slides! To complete the activities, students refer to the colorful menus to find the prices for items in the math problems. Activities include both simple computation and practical application word problems involving addition and subtraction, making change and more… Students get TONS of practice in real-life situations. Students learn such skills as reading a menu, figuring food costs, making change, finding how much more money is needed to purchase an item, computing how much money is left over after making a purchase, and totaling receipts. Figuring sales tax is introduced in this unit with the help of a 7% sales tax table. As students work the activities, their confidence in reading a menu and figuring the costs associated with it will increase. Math objectives are clearly stated on each slide: Clear objectives make it easy to focus on the exact skills your students need most. Activities include addition and subtraction computation problems, as well as practical application word problems. For students who need a refresher on adding and subtracting money, step-by-step instruction pages are located throughout the unit. Easy-Reading Lessons: These fun, easy-reading math lessons are terrific for students of all ages. Designed for success, these step-by-step lessons include picture cues to help students with limited reading skills solve the math word problems. These fun activities are designed to appeal to students of ALL ages who need essential math skills practice, and are perfect for enrichment, review or remediation. Helpful Extras: Step-by-step Instructions: For students who need a refresher on adding or subtracting money, step-by-step instruction pages are also included throughout the slides. Clear Math Objectives: Math Objectives are clearly stated at the top of each slide making it easy to focus on the skills your students need most. Skills Focus: Reading a Menu Locating Information Figuring Food Costs Adding Money Subtracting Money Making Change Determining how much more money is needed to purchase an item Computing how much money is left over after making a purchase Totaling Receipts Totaling Drive-thru Orders Calculating Sales Tax Consumer Math Skills Contents Include: 147 Google Slides 600 Interactive Math Activities 4 Different Colorful Fast-Food Menus Answer Key Reading Level 3-4 | Interest Level 3-1

Grade Level: 4-8 Reading Level: 3-4 This activity-packed book is a great way to improve reading, writing, and research skills while teaching general knowledge and fascinating facts about the United States. Reading Comprehension: Students read a simple presentation of information about each state and then answer specific questions designed to improve reading comprehension. Skills include reading for details, locating information, and finding facts. Writing Skills get perfected as students complete bonus writing activities for every state! Research Skills get a workout as students “look-up” key information in an encyclopedia or on the Internet to help them complete the “Research the Facts” activities. Also included: United States outline maps; list of states, capitals, and abbreviations; a capitals and abbreviations test page; addresses where students can write to receive information about each state; a letter format which may be addressed to request information from a state; and more!

SOCIAL SKILLS LESSONS TO IMPROVE EVERYDAY BEHAVIOR. Are you always late? When is it okay to lie? Help students learn about themselves and challenge them to become the best they can be, with these light-hearted and relevant social skills lessons! Each high-interest reading passage is followed by standards-based reading comprehension and sentence writing activities! Real-life scenarios and sticky social situations challenge students to learn about themselves and the consequences of various behaviors such as: always being late, being unable to forgive, being too nice, and more. They also learn the value of being honest, courageous, easy-going, generous, and optimistic. Teens and ‘Experts’ offer helpful advice through text messages and keep things light-hearted and non-threatening. A great way to improve students’ everyday social skills! STANDARDS-BASED READING & WRITING ACTIVITIES: Each social-skills lesson is followed by specific reading comprehension and writing activities that require complete-sentence answers. Additional activities encourage students to ‘look within’ and relate each scenario to themselves and their own daily actions. Finally, students decide how they might better handle each daily scenario in the future. Questions are clearly labeled with the standard/skill that it meets. STANDARDS: • Locate Information • Summarize • Generalize • Compare & Contrast • Cause & Effect • Form Opinions • Draw Conclusions • Main Idea • Make Inferences • Use Context Clues • Sequence • Determine Author’s Viewpoint • Analyze, Evaluate & Apply TOPICS INCLUDE: • How do I know if I’m being a good person? • How can I be honest with my friends without hurting their feelings? • I never have a good day at school! How can I do better? • How can I stop being jealous? • How can I NOT be late all the time? • I want people to trust me. What can I do? • How can I be kind without being a doormat? • Forgiveness is hard. Should I always forgive people? • Why should I be patient? I hate to wait around! • Can being optimistic make me happy? Reading Level: Gr 3 - 4 Interest Level: Gr 6 - 12

Spice up your basic math program at The Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Parlor! This fun and effective book teaches the basics of addition and subtraction through the use of real-life restaurant situations. Students will have a great time as they use the colorful menu (included) to figure costs when spending money on everything from banana splits to milk shakes! Skill pages offer plenty of practice with computation and word problems. Also included are restaurant checks, tax tables, role-playing suggestions, objectives, post tests, and more! So help your students understand the practical reasons for learning math while they learn to add and subtract with this motivating and solidly-conceived book. Enjoy!

Spice up your basic math program at The Hamburger Hut! This fun and effective book teaches the basics of addition and subtraction through the use of real-life restaurant situations. Students will have a great time as they use the colorful fold-out menu (included) to figure costs when spending money on everything from hamburgers to onion rings! Skill pages offer plenty of practice with computation and word problems. Also included are restaurant checks, tax tables, role-playing suggestions, objectives, post tests, and more! So help your students understand the practical reasons for learning math while they learn to add and subtract with this motivating and solidly-conceived book. Enjoy!

Spice up your basic math program at The Hamburger Hut! This fun and effective book teaches the basics of multiplication and division through the use of real-life restaurant situations. Students will have a great time as they use the colorful fold-out menu (included) to figure costs when spending money on everything from hamburgers to onion rings! Skill pages offer plenty of practice with computation and word problems. Also included are restaurant checks, tax tables, role-playing suggestions, objectives, post tests, and more! So help your students understand the practical reasons for learning math while they learn to add and subtract with this motivating and solidly-conceived book. Enjoy!

How much gold is there in the world? How fast can hair grow? What tree has roots growing from its branches? Reluctant readers of all ages and those reading below grade level are sure to have fun while they improve their reading skills with Amazing Facts. Eighty-eight intriguing short stories, guaranteed to hold the reader's attention, are followed by questions designed to reinforce specific reading skills. The basic skills focused on are: finding main ideas, detecting sequences, finding facts, locating answers, vocabulary and word analysis, making inferences, and more! To assist a variety of students, this sequential book is arranged according to the difficulty of each story's reading level. The first group of stories have a reading level of 2.0-2.5. The next group of stories have a reading level of 2.5-3.5. The final group of stories range between 3.5-4.0. These reading levels have been carefully achieved through the use of controlled vocabulary, simple sentence structure, and appropriate illustrations. Reading Level 2.0-4.0 | Grade Level 4+ Contents Include: - 88 Short Stories - Follow-Up Comprehension Questions for each Story - Teacher's Extended Activities - Answer Key

Sharpen grammar and writing skills in just ten minutes a day! This collection of 160 short language review exercises reinforces key language skills. Used on a daily basis, these activities will increase student awareness and develop skills in the specific areas of writing and grammar that should be mastered by third grade. Skills Covered Include: - Abbreviations - Addresses - Adverbs - Antonyms & Synonyms - Articles - Capitalization - Compound Words - Contractions - Dates & Time - Fact or Opinion - Follow instructions - Formatting Titles (Book, Song, Poems, etc.) - Homophones - Letters (Greetings & Closings) - Multiple-Meaning Words - Nouns: Common, Proper, & Pro - Plural Nouns & Pronouns - Possessive Nouns & Pronouns - Prefixes & Suffixes - Prepositions - Punctuation - Quotations - Sentence Type - Spelling - Subjects & Predicates - Tense - Verbs - Writing Sentences

Visual Activities Teaching 144 Sight Words This fun, hands-on unit was created to help early readers identify sight words and build reading fluency. Children need to develop a growing core of sight words, which will help them become more fluent readers. Since sight words are meant to be identified instantly – pictures are a great way to aid the student in immediate recognition of several high-frequency words. A great stepping stone for writing sentences and categorizing! Activities Include: - crossword puzzles - word searches - configuration fill-ins - riddles Word Categories Include: - Animals - Restaurant - Beach - Nature - People - Sports - Tools - Transportation - Countryside - Shapes - Clothes - Food - Outside/Inside

Grade Level: 5-8 Interest Level: 4-12 This is a teaching guide, not a full version of the book. The Discovering Literature Series is designed to develop a student’s appreciation for good literature and to improve reading comprehension. While many skills reinforce a student’s ability to comprehend what he or she reads (sequencing, cause and effect, finding details, using context clues), two skills are vital. They are: discerning main ideas and summarizing the text. Students who can master these two essential skills develop into sophisticated readers. 69 pages. Each chapter analysis is organized into three basic elements: Student Directives, Chapter Vocabulary, and Chapter Summary. The Student Directives contain the main ideas in each chapter. They provide the students, working individually or in groups, with a framework for developing their summaries. Student Directives can also be used as group discussions. The Chapter Vocabulary includes definitions of keywords from each chapter. To save time, students need only to copy, not look up, definitions. A Chapter Summary for each chapter is included for teacher use and knowledge. Throughout the guide Skill Pages and Tests are provided for to build an increased understanding of the book and to review student’s knowledge.

Grade Level: 5-8 Interest Level: 4-12 This is a teaching guide, not a full version of the book. The Discovering Literature Series is designed to develop a student’s appreciation for good literature and to improve reading comprehension. While many skills reinforce a student’s ability to comprehend what he or she reads (sequencing, cause and effect, finding details, using context clues), two skills are vital. They are: discerning main ideas and summarizing the text. Students who can master these two essential skills develop into sophisticated readers. 73 pages. Each chapter analysis is organized into three basic elements: Student Directives, Chapter Vocabulary, and Chapter Summary. The Student Directives contain the main ideas in each chapter. They provide the students, working individually or in groups, with a framework for developing their summaries. Student Directives can also be used as group discussions. The Chapter Vocabulary includes definitions of keywords from each chapter. To save time, students need only to copy, not look up, definitions. A Chapter Summary for each chapter is included for teacher use and knowledge. Throughout the guide Skill Pages and Tests are provided for to build an increased understanding of the book and to review student’s knowledge.

Grade Level: 5-8 Interest Level: 4-12 This is a teaching guide, not a full version of the book. The Discovering Literature Series is designed to develop a student’s appreciation for good literature and to improve reading comprehension. While many skills reinforce a student’s ability to comprehend what he or she reads (sequencing, cause and effect, finding details, using context clues), two skills are vital. They are: discerning main ideas and summarizing the text. Students who can master these two essential skills develop into sophisticated readers. 54 pages. Each chapter analysis is organized into three basic elements: Student Directives, Chapter Vocabulary, and Chapter Summary. The Student Directives contain the main ideas in each chapter. They provide the students, working individually or in groups, with a framework for developing their summaries. Student Directives can also be used as group discussions. The Chapter Vocabulary includes definitions of keywords from each chapter. To save time, students need only to copy, not look up, definitions. A Chapter Summary for each chapter is included for teacher use and knowledge. Throughout the guide Skill Pages and Tests are provided for to build an increased understanding of the book and to review student’s knowledge.

Grade Level: 4-6 This is a teaching guide, not a full version of the book. This Newberry Medal winner is a story of a special friendship between Jess Aarons and the new girl in town, Leslie Burke. One day tragedy strikes and Jess’ world is changed forever. Novel by Katherine Paterson. Reproducible chapter questions, plus comprehension questions, a story summary, author biography, creative and cross curricular activities, complete with answer key. 77 pages. Each chapter analysis is organized into three basic elements: Student Directives, Chapter Vocabulary, and Chapter Summary. The Student Directives contain the main ideas in each chapter. They provide the students, working individually or in groups, with a framework for developing their summaries. Student Directives can also be used as group discussions. The Chapter Vocabulary includes definitions of keywords from each chapter. To save time, students need only to copy, not look up, definitions. A Chapter Summary for each chapter is included for teacher use and knowledge. Throughout the guide Skill Pages and Tests are provided for to build an increased understanding of the book and to review student’s knowledge.

Grade Level: 5-8 Interest Level: 4-12 This is a teaching guide, not a full version of the book. The Discovering Literature Series is designed to develop a student’s appreciation for good literature and to improve reading comprehension. While many skills reinforce a student’s ability to comprehend what he or she reads (sequencing, cause and effect, finding details, using context clues), two skills are vital. They are: discerning main ideas and summarizing the text. Students who can master these two essential skills develop into sophisticated readers. 80 pages. Each chapter analysis is organized into three basic elements: Student Directives, Chapter Vocabulary, and Chapter Summary. The Student Directives contain the main ideas in each chapter. They provide the students, working individually or in groups, with a framework for developing their summaries. Student Directives can also be used as group discussions. The Chapter Vocabulary includes definitions of keywords from each chapter. To save time, students need only to copy, not look up, definitions. A Chapter Summary for each chapter is included for teacher use and knowledge. Throughout the guide Skill Pages and Tests are provided for to build an increased understanding of the book and to review student’s knowledge.

Grade Level: 6-12 This is a teaching guide, not a full version of the book. The Discovering Literature Series is designed to develop a student’s appreciation for good literature and to improve reading comprehension. At the Challenging Level, we focus on a variety of reading strategies that help students construct meaning from their experience with literature as well as make connections between their reading and the rest of their lives. The strategies reflect the demands of each literature selection. In these study guides, we will focus on beginning a book, setting and mood, irony, plot structure, foreshadowing and flashback, characterization, forming hypotheses, evaluating a book, plot conflict, point of view, inferencing, rereading, theme, narration, and the genre of dystopias. Each chapter analysis is organized into three basic elements: Journal and Discussion Topics, Chapter Vocabulary, and Chapter Summary. Other features include Strategy Pages to increase students’ understanding of strategies to enhance their comprehension of literature; Testing at the end of each chapter grouping, and Writer’s Forum for students’ to write in a variety of genres relating to the text. This 201-page teaching guide includes an answer key.

Grade Level: 3-5 Basic division operations for division facts through 10. Systematic, first diagnosing skill levels, then practice, periodic review, and testing. Beginning Assessment and Final Assessment Tests provide measurement tool. Beginning division skills. An answer key is included in this 40-page book.

Grade Level: 3-5 The Straight Forward Math Series has been designed for parents and teachers to use with their students. It is a simple, straight forward way to teach multiplication facts 0-10. This book features a beginning assessment test, drill pages that work on one fact at a time, review sheets, and more. Multiplication drills are presented vertically and horizontally. An answer key is included in this 40-page book.